Livni Wrong.......

Israel Radio: Livni wrong in claim that hundreds of thousands of Israelis applying for foreign passports

Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA
13 August 2009

Israel Radio and Television correspondent Ayala Chason as anchor for the "It's All Talk" program on Israel Radio this morning, had the embassies of all the major countries represented in Israel contacted today to find out if, indeed, as opposition leader Tzipi Livni claimed, hundreds of thousands of Israelis were applying for foreign passports.

Every embassy replied that there was no change in the number of applicants and that the number of applicants (in each case, in the hundreds a year) has remained at the same level for years.

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Livni: Israelis desperate to leave country. Opposition chairman says hundreds of thousands of Israelis searching or ways to move abroad in light of grim political situation in country, government's lack of vision.
Attila Somfalvi YNET Published: 08.12.09, 22:36 / Israel News
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3761231,00.html

The Israeli public has lost all hope in light of the political situation in the country, opposition leader Tzipi Livni said Wednesday evening.

"I see the despair of many Israelis. Hundreds of thousands see what is happening and arrange for a foreign passport, send their children to study abroad and even buy a house overseas," Livni told hundreds of Kadima MKs and activists at a gathering in Tirat Hacarmel.

"I know many of you have come here tonight because they care, not only about Kadima as a party, but also about the State of Israel. I know you too share what a great part of the Israeli public feels - desperation," she said.

"Only four months have passed since the establishment of the government. In other places this is usually a period of hope, prosperity, and vision. Instead, since the day this government took office, with its dozens of ministers and deputy ministers, the public has realized that its sole objective was political survival."

Kadima's chairwoman strongly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his "lack of vision and lack of clear path."

Livni lauded the faction members for the hard work they have been putting in at the Knesset. "Gentlemen, every one of Kadima's members and activists should be proud of the party. There is no other faction like it in the Knesset, and hasn't been one in many years," she stated."
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